Edgerliane. N. O. Myrtaceae. 
TAB. DLXIX. 
METROSIDEROS DIFFUSA. Sm. 
Ramulis radicantibus, foliis elliptico-ovatis coriaceis glabris 
acuminatis venosis supra nitidis subtus nigr cpanel 
paniculis axillaribus terminalibusque foliis piers: Se us, ramulis 
oppositis pedicellisque pilosis, calycibus floriferis turbinatis, 
tubo semisupero fructifero urceolato, limbo 5-lobo persistente. 
Metrosideros diffusa. Sm. in Linn. Trans. v. 3, p. 268. De 
nd. Prodr. 3, p. 224, 
Melaleuca lurida. Linn. fil. Suppl. p. 3422. (non Forst.) 
Has. New Zealand. Northern Island. Sir Joseph Banks, 
1769. Deas forests at Wangaroa, adhering to the trunks of 
the largest timber-trees. A. Cunningham. Hokianga. Edgerley. 
At the time the accompanying figure was made, I did not 
____ possess a flowering specimen, which has been since kindly given 
_ to me by Mr. Heward, the possessor of Mr. Allan Cunning- 
ham’s valuable authenticated collections. In the flowering 
Tong as an oi, pe a little Snipes than the style. In the 
“gm of the fruit, the calyx becomes much altered in shape; it 
lo 
ieee ant and the 5 persistent spreading lobes. The ca a 
3-celled, and, esa = the calyx, i into three pr ae 
: ark ments in the centre of the valves. 
At the base of the inner mean of each cell, is a : romeaded recep= 
: net » covered with erect clavate seeds, which fill the cavities of 2 
os fruit, entire. f. 2. The same, beginning © — 
rst. _f- 3. The same, burst quite open, many of the seeds 
ved. f. lion wae of the capaule ; the seeds removed: 
